Horse hay-rake.



No. 694,83l.

. Patented Mar. 4, I902 w. A. CA VETT.

HORSE HAY RAKE.

(No Model.)

(Ap zlication filed Mar. 25, 1901.)

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Wiinessc s I lgaegier Patented Mar. 4, 902.

No. 694,83L

' W. A. BAVETT.

HORSE HAY RAKE. (Application Med Mar. 25, 1901.) (No Model.) '2 $heets-$heei 2.

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WILLIAMA. cavern-F LAPLATA, MISSOURI.

HORSE HAY-RAKE,

: SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No.694,sa1, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed March-25,1901. Serial No. 52,843, (No mocleL) structed in accordance with my invention,-

showing the salne'in positioh to be moved from place to place when not in operation.

. standards 4 are disposed on the upper side of the cross-bar 3, near the ends thereof, and a standard 5 rises from the central rake-tooth and is secured to the rear side of cross-bar 3. Obliquely-disposed forwardly-diverging tongues 6 have their rear endsseeured on the pull-beam 2, and the said tongues are secured on the upper sides of the blocks 4. A crossbar 7 has its ends secured on the upper sides of 1 the tongues and its central portion secured on the upper end of -V the standard 5. Axles 8 are secured under the rake-teeth at the sides of the rake,and the spindles thereof are adapted for the wheels 9, the latter being detachable from said axle. A brace-rod 10- Between the same is pivoted a bar 13.

has its ends secured to the tongue 6 and its centralportion secured on the center of crossbar 3, asatll. 45

Suitable brackets on standards '12 are se-' cured on the central portion of the pullrbeam. The said bar has an axle-spindle 14 at its outer end and carries the seat 15. A brace-link 16 has one end secured on the center of crossbar 7 and the opposite end secured on the bolt 17, which is the pivot of bar 13. The

' locked in this position.

I latter andthe said brace-link are provided with openings 18, which register when the bar 13 isin the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

and a lock-pin19 may be inserted in said regis tering openings to secure the bar in this position. \Vhen the bar 3 is disposed at right angles to the raketeeth, its opening 18 registers with openings 20in the bracket-standards 12, and the pin 19 beinginserted in said registering openings said barmay be also The usual singletrees 21 are attached to the ends of the pull-beam.

withspindles 22, which are disposed at right angles to the planes of the rake-teeth and have been detached from the axles 8. A Wheel 23is adapted to operate on the axlespindle 14 and to be shifted therefrom to one of the axle-spindles 22. I

The pull-beam is provided at suitable points I are adapted for the wheels 9 when the latter 7 When the 'beam 13 is disposed substan V tially parallel with the rake-teeth and the wheels .9 are on the axles 8, the rake is in operative position, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3,-and is used in the ordinary manner. When it is desired to move the rake from one point to another, and especially when it is neces sary to draw the same overnarr'ow roadways, I

across narrow bridges,and the like, the wheels 9 are taken 05 the-axles 8 and are placed onv the spindles 22, and the bar'13 is secured in a position at rightangles tothe plane of the pull-beam2, the rake being hence turned so that its teeth are in a vertical position, as 7 shown in Fig. 1, the Wheels 9 serving to sup port the rake and the wheel 14 serving to support the outer end of the bar 13.

Having thus described nay invention, I

-claim w a 1 1 v 1. A horse hay-rake having spindleson its side and similarspindlesat right an gles th'ereto, supporting wheels for said spindles, a

bracket projecting from and disposed at an,

angle to said rake, a bar pivotally connected at a point'between itsends to the said bracket,

"and thereby adapted to be extended rearwardly from the rake or. turned at right angles thereto at will, said bar havinga spindle for a supporting-wheel at its outer end, and means to secure'said bar in either of said po sitions, substantially as described.

2. A horse hay-rake having spindles on its side and similar spindles at right angles thereto, supporting -wheels for said spindles, a bracket projecting from and disposed at an angle to said rake, a bar pivotally connected atapoint between its ends to the said bracket, and thereby adapted to be extended rearwardly from the rake or turned at right angles thereto at will, and means to secure said bar in either of said positions, substantially as described.

3. Ahorse hay-rake having a series of raketeeth, and a pull-bar at the rear'ends thereof, said rake having spindles for supportingwheels at its side and similar spindles at right angles thereto and projecting from said pull-bar, a bracket projecting from and disposed at an angle to said rake, a support in ad- Vance of said bracket, a bar pivoted at a point between its ends to said bracket and having a spindle for a supporting-wheel at its outer end, said bar being thereby adapted to be extended rearwardly from said rake or turned at right angles thereto at will and means to se- 

